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Victoria

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I enjoyed it😉

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Therese Van Arsdale

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Is Good Good Enough?

James, the main character of the novel, falls irretrievably in love with his best friend's fiance, first sight. Setting on a life path filled with frustration, compromise, and dreams deferred. When he a vs on his feelings, years later, the worst and happiest era of his life begins. Written with compassion and humour, this is a novel to read when not with the man of "Is that all there is?" melancholy .

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Debbie

18-11-2017

Forever is the Worst Long Time

The book is to long winded about stuff that didn't matter in the story & I had to make myself finish it

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5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Beth Martinez

24-08-2017

Beautiful and heartbreaking

This is a strange story at first and I did not know the ending and I am so glad. This is a story about love, friendship, and being human.

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5 out of 5 stars

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11-06-2017

I LOVE this author!

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The author made the characters so believable and realistic.

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The ending moved me to tears.

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I loved his performance; Jim sounded like such a kind and wonderful man.

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The final two chapters, but I don't want to give away any spoilers.

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I read about half of this book and found it uninteresting. It felt like the same old thing, over & over. The love triangle was always changing. Lou getting pregnant was predictable & Jim offering to help her if she moved in was also predictable. Then Jim falls in love with a former student. Now she is a part of their lives. Lou takes it in stride. Here is where I didn’t want to put it down. Jim developed ALS & they all learn to live together & cope with this horrid disease.